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Question to those #blind folks who have used the new Braille screen input of #iOS 18 on an iPad: Is there a different way to calibrate one's finger positions on iPad? I just got a new iPad Mini, and in both table top and away modes, the expected finger positions are so wide spread by default, that my hands barely manage to type anything cohesive. But putting first dots 4 5 6 and then dots 1 2 3 on the screen like it works on iPhone, doesn't result in the calibration of the finger positions. So, any trick I am unaware of?
in reply to Marco Zehe

The calibration for iPad was quickly tapping all six dots twice. I don't know if iOS 18 changed this, but give that a shot.
in reply to Marco Zehe

@alexhall Yep, that worked like a charm. You can also double-tap on the left and right edge of the iPad when in portrait mode to turn BSI on, don’t have to change to the top and bottom edges. Nice!
in reply to Marco Zehe

Yeah, keep on pressing 123, then 456 super fast, it'll make a sound and calibrate. and yes, they will move more with time than they would on the iPhone, and you'd have to do this more often.


I found a very odd Google search bug/misfeature on android: I've somehow gotten stuck in Brown Mode.

It happens in both Firefox and Chrome, and as long as I'm signed into my account, it's brown.

in reply to Foone🏳️‍⚧️

I thing about them and how I've been doing professional "computer stuff" for like two and a half decades now and BOY does it feel like we're spinning pigeons a frightening amount of the time.
in reply to Foone🏳️‍⚧️

Anyways, A/B testing: because gaslighting is cool if you do it in parallel at scale!


Looks like 27254 hosts are unreachable via my.to, because DNS FreeDNS records return 0.0.0.0. Just another delightful afternoon 😀


Some apps at #IzzyOnDroid would need verification if they still work. Aholic Gino started a list for that, most of them were already covered – but we'd need help covering the remains (just install, see if they work and are useful, report back either in the issue or as reply to this toot).

Any volunteers here on the Fedi? :awesome:

gitlab.com/IzzyOnDroid/repo/-/…



The ultimate #Google self-own: Google's AI Overview result of "enshittified google" that includes "AI Overview" as an example of enshittified Google.

#enshittification #chatbots #selfown @pluralistic

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Here’s the server that’s been running my two #fediverse instances and #Hugo blog for the past two years.

It’s a low-power Intel NUC with a Celeron processor, 16 GB of RAM, and a 500 GB SSD. The entire setup lives under my printer and cost less than $300.

Bandwidth demands are modest—just a few gigs weekly. No fancy tunneling involved either. It’s just a straightforward router setup forwarding a couple of ports, a script that updates the server’s IP with my registrar as needed, and a robust Fail2ban rule set to keep things a bit secure.

No more corporate social networks and VPSes!



Bad idea: a character who cannot use any common password reminder questions.

* they have never had a pet
* no mother's maiden name, no mother: they have two fathers, neither of who changed their name.
* they were homeschooled, so no high-schools and first grade teachers (arguable)
* they've never been on vacation
* they are not into music, so they have no favorite band.
* they haven't dated anyone
* they're colorblind so no favorite color
* they didn't go to college
* they don't drive



Wholeheartedly agree with @pluralistic 's plea to use #RSS, my favourite RSS application is in fact @AntennaPod for podcasts.

Slightly embarrassed to admit I don't really understand how it works, which suggests that vast majority of people don't know it even exists ...

pluralistic.net/2024/10/16/kee…

in reply to Cory Doctorow

Delivered where?
Are others I've downloaded from YouTube (& other sites) also delivered by RSS?
I don't subscribe to a feed reader, download podcast apps or give any of them my email address.
(I've nothing against RSS.)
in reply to KevinOnEarth

The program you use to download podcasts, whether that is Apple Podcasts, Antennapod, or something else, is an RSS reader.

Podcasts are structured as attachments inside of an RSS feed. The way you listen to a podcast is by downloading and playing an MP3 (streaming is just a form of downloading).

It is downloaded to your device by your podcast app.

The way the podcast app finds those MP3 files is by loading and parsing an RSS feed.




My scary costume for Halloween will be an IPv6 type 28 resource record.

Everyone who recognises it will go “AAAA”.



#programming #names Aargh

Throw the programmers in the sea

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Does anyone know how to enable the music mode on zoom for iOS? Trying to teach and can't hear what they're playing at all. Thanks.




Nájom zaplatený ešte dopíšem úlohu z Angličtiny a opäť "nemám starosti".


I38
Storm Dragon pushed changes to the master branch of the I38 project Fixed a typo.


I38
Storm Dragon pushed changes to the master branch of the I38 project Add .gitignore for python cache files.


Advanced Voice jest od kilku godzin dostępny dla wszystkich płatnych użytkowników ChatGPT w EU 🇪🇺

Aktualizuj/zrestartuj aplikację i gotowe.

Astrologowie ogłaszają, że pula użytkowników VPN w Unii Europejskiej zmniejsza się 😉



I38
Storm Dragon pushed changes to the master branch of the I38 project Merge branch 'master' of git.stormux.org:storm/I38


I38
Storm Dragon pushed changes to the master branch of the I38 project Added the grayscale flag to mod+F5 command. This should speed it up quite a bit and make it more accurate for games.


We are 14 days away from the pending next #curl release.

At 192 documented bugfixes and 5 changes.

#curl


I guess the prophecy I made about feeling better wasn't self-fulfiling. Damn it. Also, I blew my nose and my left ear just sort of made this squeak sound and screwed up my hearing. Balance is off, it sounds like everything comes from the right. It's not as bad as when I went to sleep. Anyone have any tips for fixing it? I have tried yawning obviously, and chewing, and all the tips for getting water out of your ear, but nothing's working so far. At least the fever is still gone, and I do feel somewhat better, but not as much as I was hoping.


Working on curl's various TLS backends.
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Right, I'm going to do something I dislike, but I literally don't know how else to get support to follow up with me.
I have indeed submitted two support requests in the intervening time, i'm not just being lazy I promise.
On 17 Aug I made a video about #FloatPlane accessibility and how not good it is.
I wasn't a troll, I was constructive and thoughtful, and yet I cannot get a hold of anyone at either Floatplane Media or LTT.
If *anyone* happens to know someone at one of these companies and could get my video to them, I'd be extremely grateful.
The other thing I really dislike doing is asking if people could boost for reach, but I'll make an exception.
Fedi is big now, and far more reaching than modern-day xitter, so all help gratefully received.
I thank you in advance.

Accessibility Issues With Floatplane (from a VoiceOver Perspective) youtu.be/2sZTsrek08M
#LTT #LinusTechTips #Accessibility #VoiceOver #iOS

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"This is a recording of the panel "Realizing Visions of Postcapitalism: A Conversation about Information Systems for Democratic Economic Planning" with Alejandro Ruiz, Jessamyn West, David Zachariah, and Tomas Härdin, on 22nd October 2024.

Event description:

In this panel, we will explore some of the technical considerations of democratic economic planning (DEP). Alejandro Ruiz, Jessamyn West, David Zachariah, and Tomas Härdin will explore their work and converse about how existing organizations might be able to integrate that work to build DEP systems and postcapitalist outcomes in the real world. This panel will explore some of the infrastructure, interface, and institutional dimensions of postcapitalism, including the burning question of, “What is to be done to realize a better world?”

The beginning part of the event will be directed towards a general audience interested in DEP. The last part of the event will be directed more towards an audience of specialists who may want to engage in more technical dialogue. All questions and contributions are welcome, no matter how general or technical. We’ll do our best to make space for and translate between these two domains of conversation.

INDEP - The International Network for Democratic Economic Planning - indep.network

We are an international network of workers, students, researchers, and activists, who share the common goal of advancing a post-capitalist economic system based on democratic economic planning.

You can join INDEP as a member (as individual or as organization), subscribe to our newsletter, share news and events from the world of democratic economic planning. If you are interested in organizing an event with INDEP yourself or want to get involved otherwise feel free to reach out to us (email address is on our website indep.network)."

#Cybernetics

youtube.com/watch?v=1EiATShX0w…



Bob asks: “What’s Your Favorite Corner of the Dial?” swling.com/blog/2024/10/bob-as…


Está el día super super super nublado, la ventana está empañada, me estoy tomando un té de canela y naranja mientras toco el piano y llevo puestos calcetines gorditos, pantalones de coralina y un cárdigan de lana gruesa.
Esto es eso que llaman felicidad.




En mi libro “Cómeme los güevos por detrás, facha de mierda” explico cómo discutir en el trabajo sin perder las formas con los compañeros que tienen inclinaciones políticas equivocadas.


Víkend a piatok chcem stráviť s čajom a dekou.


This is activism in action. This is how you be an ally. This is how when the deranged get loud, you get louder.

As they say “speak up, even if your voice shakes.”

Way to go, Springfield woman. Someone get her some metal cuffs and a golden lasso.

#Allyship #Springfield #Haitians #Propaganda #Activism

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I’m gonna be honest, it is difficult to take your anticapitalist “revolutionary” group seriously when they meet on Microsoft Teams and have documents saved on Google.

I understand meeting nontechnical people where they’re at, but this is just a bad look, y’all.

Also I feel like “meeting people where they’re at” would ideally involve helping them surpass where they’re at, rather than merely dropping to their level.



Semantic websites are awesome! Among other things, they let you write reusable CSS. Please send me your semantic websites, so I can analyze them for common patterns and write a composable CSS framework.

jak2k.schwanenberg.name/post/c…

#indieweb #smolweb #semanticHTML #html #semantic #css #semanticcss

in reply to Jak2k

seirdy.one/ is semantic. I describe how in my “Site design standards” page, particularly the “machine-friendliness” section. The optional stylesheet barely uses any custom class/id selectors, instead preferring microdata and microformat selectors.
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Dnes jsem viděl cyklistu roku: ráno v dopravní špičce uprostřed úzkých uliček města jede za hustého pršení na kole tatínek s dítětem v sedačce, přes déšť sotva vidí, jedno auto za druhým ho s několikacentimetrovým odstupem míjí.
Já přestal už dávno kvůli té dopravní situaci experimentovat s jízdou na kole do práce, tady ten pán takhle rozváží i děti do školky. :)
in reply to Michal Špondr

Je jedno jestli prší nebo ne. Dnes nepršelo, a tak mi to řidička vynahradila ostřikovačema. Po tom co mi nedala přednost a z nenadání mi vystřelila ze svého parkovacího místa do cesty. 😄
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My three favourite things are eating my family and not using commas.

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Já si říkal co se tam děje. Včera jsem tam zrovna jel když se tam složky IZS zasahovaly. Na kole. 😕
prazsky.denik.cz/nehody/praha-…
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Muy largo, centros especiales de empleo.

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Muy largo, centros especiales de empleo.

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in reply to Ramón Corominas

Muy largo, centros especiales de empleo.

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prší a spal by som.. ale mám krátky týždeň a nadčasy odmietam čiže iba dva dni a môžem sa ďalej liečiť #dobréRáno